Business and Employment Forum was held between 10-11 May 2017 with the theme of “The Role of the Private Sector and Opportunities for Syrians and Host Communities”.

On the first day of the Forum the panel titled “New Perspectives on the Access of Syrians and Host Communities to the Labour Markets” hosted imprtant participants including Levent Erkan, Siraç Ekin, Ebru Öztüm Tümer, Nejat Kocabay, Seçil Kınay and Evren Tüfekçioğlu.

During his speech Levent Erkan mentioned Microsoft’s Philantrophies initiative. That initiative is a series of free training and curriculum resource created to help humanitarian organizations deliver training that will help refugees gain digital literacy and computer science skills.